This is going to be an interesting week
in Greece. Helen said that by the end of yesterday, there were queues
at the petrol stations as well as the cash dispensers. I trust Archie
has successfully rejoined his family – the airport was hideously
crowded and his flights, after a change at Heathrow, inconvenient. He
was due in Athens in the small hours.
They are all planning to spend the week
on Pelion (near Ossa) which might prove even more interesting than
Athens, but means we'll be out of email contact.
l.;9 v[pgggggggghh c
That from Perdita, while I was fetching
my coffee. She also managed to open a second document, where she
continued in the same vein.
Knitting
A couple more rows of the Fantoosh.
And I got Catherine Lowe's “The
Ravell'd Sleeve” which I had learned about in that blog piece of
Tom of Holland's about “Sequence Knitting”. Self-published,
again – this time printed on demand, not very elegantly.
I spent a day or so, after ordering it,
wondering where I had heard of
Catherine Lowe. It finally clicked – an ad in the current Twist
Collective. I had pursued it for a while, but not long enough to find
the pattern advertised.
The book is about couture knitting. Her
standards are very demanding. I'll continue at least to speed-read
it.
This is going to be a very interesting week in Greece. The largest Greek speaking community outside Athens (Melbourne) is apparently preparing for an influx - at least temporarily.
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I bought a Catherine Lowe pattern once. It was extremely detailed and ran pages and pages. Some interesting ideas, but I was a bit overwhelmed. Also, I'm not so much the haute couture type of knitter. I'm interested to hear if the book has useful information for the lazy among us.
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